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Sorry for not posting for a while, Term 2 is shaping up to be another busy term.

Some of the highlights from the past 5 weeks include:

OUR SCHOOL WEBSITE

• Our new school website was launched at the end of last term. The site is a DET designed template and has lots of useful information about the school, curriculum and activities; and student welfare. There are also photo albums and a calender of events. Click on the link below to view the site.
• http://www.markspoint-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/sws/view/2560.node

ANZAC DAY

• This year our students were  invited to participate in the ANZAC Day March at Swansea as part of the Galgabba Community of Schools. Our school captains placed a tribute at the Centopaph at the swansea Community War Memorial.

NAPLAN

• Last week our Year 3 and Year 5 students participated in NAPLAN which is the National Assessment Program in Literacy and Numeracy. For more information on NAPLAN visit http://www.naplan.edu.au/

NEW HALL

• Our new hall is nearing completion. It will be a great space for our school and community to use and we are getting very excited about its opening.

PUBLIC SPEAKING

• All classes K-6 are currently participating in our Annual Public Speaking competition. All children were given 3 weeks preparation time. Students from each class are currently being selected to progress through to our school’s “Speak-Off Week” to be held in Week 8 (7th June). The winner of each year group will be invited to attend the Zone Finals in Week 4 Term 3.
• The topics for 2010 are: K - A Burst of Colour, Year 1 - My Special Day, Year 2 - My Magical Mystery Tour, Year 3 - When I woke up I was a Giant, Year 4 - What you can do to make the World a Better Place, Year 5 - It’s a Technological World, Year 6 - What is Excellence?

CROSS COUNTRY

Some of our Cross Country winners

• Following our school Cross Country the following students represented our school at the Zone Cross Country carnival held on the 29th April.
• Abbey O, Bronte C, Billy H, Darcey H, Drew C, Alex T, Josie O, Arrazona C, Jemma K, Charlie M, Nelson W, Noah S, Liam C, Lara O, Kiara M, Amy T, Ben H, Darren M, Brenden, Jay S, Britt S, Milly W, Bree C, Sam H, Jye H and Hayden C. All children ran well with Britt S placing 8th in her age division and Charlie M 11th in his.

SOFTBALL

• Jai H, Liam C, Ben H, Hayden C, Brittany S and Emma W were successful at Zone Softball trials and have been invited to trail for Regional Softball selections in July.
• Our boys softball team won their first game against Belmont P.S. by one run in extra time. The final score was 18 - 17. The boys were due to play their second game today against Caves Beach P.S. but it has been postponed due to the weather. Team members are: Jye H, Sam H, Hayden C, Ben H, Liam C, Matt R, Ben R, Elye L, Brad C, Levi T and Noah S.
• Our girls softball team played their first game against Biddabah P.S. last Friday. They won 13 - 11 due to great team work from the girls. A special mention goes to Emma W for great pitching and Bree C for great catching. Team members are: Emma W, Bree C, Milly W, Arrazona C, Josie O, Britt S, Lauren A, Alyssa C, Tyler F, and reserves Jemma, Rosie and Jazmine.
• Mrs Lowe coaches both teams.

PIZZA DAY

• Last week Year 6 organised a Fundraiser Pizza Day. Both children and teachers enjoyed their pizza lunch.

WALK SAFELY TO SCHOOL DAY

• Once again Mrs Langford co-ordinated our annual “Walk Safely to School Day”. Children were encouraged to walk safely to school on Friday 7th May. Upon arrival, children who walked to school received a piece of fruit and a drink.
• For more information on Walk Safely to school Day visit: http://www.walk.com.au

CHESS

• This year we have 3 teams entered in the chess competition.In the first round our Knights chess team defeated Jewells P.S. winning 5 games to 3 while our two Rookies teams played against each other.

ACTIVE AFTER SCHOOL

• This term our students who participate in the Active After School program have had the opportunity to learn circus skills and Taekwondo. For more information on this program visit: http://www.ausport.gov.au/participating/schools_and_juniors/aasc/about

We are now into our third week of term and teachers and students are really applying themselves to the task of quality teaching and learning. It was great to see so many parents attending our parent information sessions last week and this week. Our P & C meet next Thursday 18th February at 5:30pm in the computer room. Join us if you can.

Swimming Carnival Champions 2010

We kicked off this week with our school swimming carnival and our students participated enthusiastically in a great day of competition and fun. Thanks to Mrs Banks and Mrs Jones for their organisation and to all the staff and parents who assisted on the day. The results of the carnival are as follows:

1st place: GULLS, 2nd place: EAGLES, 3rd place: SWANS and 4th place: ALBATROSS.

CARNIVAL CHAMPIONS:

Junior Boy: Liam C, Junior Girl: Courtney M, Senior Boy: Hayden C and Senior Girl: Lauren A

While Years 1 to 6 were at the swimming carnival on Monday our Kindergaten students, Mrs Johns and Miss McDonell celebrated Spot’s birthday with a party back at school.

The Active After School Community sessions also commenced this week with water activities at school and sailing at the 16 Footers at Belmont. Once again these activities have been very popular with our students. A huge thank you to parents and staff who transported students to and from the 16 Footers at short notice when the bus didn’t arrive.

Hi everyone,

I hope you are all enjoying your holidays. Sorry I haven’t posted anything over the break but I have been busy, busy, busy enjoying the break

I will post photos etc from the last week of Term One shortly, and I will see all those students who are marching on Anzac Day in Belmont on Saturday.

I just wanted to quickly post something about Starlight Day which is coming up next month. Last year our Year 3/4 students, Mrs Banks and I held a Starlight Party at our school to raise money for the Starlight Children’s Foundation.

Year 3/4 students at the Starlight Party in 2008

To read more about Starlight Day click on the picture below:

Starlight Day is Friday 1st May.

We currently have a family of ducks visiting our playground and hanging out with our kids. Mrs Parker took this video of Mr and Mrs Duck teaching their ducklings about “persistence”.

Hello and Welcome to our school blog. We are a group of Year 4, 5 and 6 students at Marks Point Public School sharing our school news and events with you!

Please drop by anytime to read our latest posts. We meet each Monday with Miss Arthurson to work on our site. We will also be adding pages to our site as we go. Our website team includes: Kayley, Bree, Shae, Ella, Ruby, Daisy, Caleb, Sam & William from Year 5/6 and Alyssa, Amy, Nic and Jason from Year 4.

Stay tuned for news about our school swimming carnival and the Zone carnival as well as Active After Schools, Starstruck auditions and Eat it, Beat it!

Marks Point Public School Website Team